Hecate fired off her energy as Cimorene hit her, but hardly lessened the damage she took. Cimorene's fist hit her with a painful thud, sending her up into the air. From then, Hecate was focusing on getting down and getting down in a way that wasn't going to stun her or be very painful.

Immediately, she curled up into a protective ball, lowering her air resistance and getting down faster. She felt the tips of her feet hitting the ground first, then her back, but without any terribly damaging results. Hecate shook her head and waited a moment for her vision to settle.

Cimorene was knocked backwards into a wall from the force of the impact. She picked herself up, shaking her head to clear the fogginess. Raising her crossbow in a slightly shaking right hand, Cimorene fired at Hecate.

Hecate managed a smile as she noted her attack's effectiveness, though this glee faded suddenly as Cimorene's arrow headed towards her with shaky, but still fairly accurate precision.

She pulled herself out of the way just in time, the arrow sliding past a few strands of her hair. Turning, she noticed Cecil attacking Cimorene after failing to utilize his energy to transform himself.

"Cecil, she's mine. Move."

Standing up, Hecate rushed past Cecil, baring her fangs, and tackled the disoriented Cimorene, trying for a good place to bite her.

Cimorene reached up, grabbing Hecate's neck. Her left thumb pressed on a muscle, her right thumb pressed down on a vein. She did her best to find pressure points with her other fingers, the black and silver tips of her nails sinking into Hecate's skin.

Hissing, Hecate automatically pulled away, despite the fact that this made Cimorene's nails scratch along her neck. She did her best to heal the wounds but only managed to close one, while the other just began to scab over.

Hecate brought a hand up to touch her neck, giving Cimorene a glare. She flinched slightly as she accidentally prodded an injured part of her neck, then suddenly kicked out without much aim at Cimorene.